Fairness

An ethical value requiring consideration of facts, rights, and responsibilities without favoritism or reduction; it is used here as an ethical concept, not a psychological diagnosis.

Assessing arguments and rights without letting affection or aversion determine the judgment.

Recognizing others’ rights by a standard that does not change according to their closeness to us or our aversion to them.

Used here for reasoned consideration of rights, circumstances, and the appropriate standard of treatment, not to justify every exception.

Giving the other party what is due just as we ask for our own due; the article separates the substance of a complaint from dislike of the complainant’s manner.

Not making love or hatred the sole criterion for accepting truth; applied here by not adding unrelated secrets to the subject of a grievance.